5:1 On
the
third
day
Esther
put
on
her
royal
robes
and
stood
in
the
inner
court
of
the
king's
palace,
in
front
of
the
king's
quarters,
while
the
king
was
sitting
on
his
royal
throne
inside
the
throne
room
opposite
the
entrance
to
the
palace.
5:2 And
when
the
king
saw
Queen
Esther
standing
in
the
court,
she
won
favor
in
his
sight,
and
he
held
out
to
Esther
the
golden
scepter
that
was
in
his
hand.
Then
Esther
approached
and
touched
the
tip
of
the
scepter.
5:3 And
the
king
said
to
her,
"What
is
it,
Queen
Esther
What
is
your
request
It
shall
be
given
you,
even
to
the
half
of
my
kingdom."
5:4 And
Esther
said,
"If
it
please
the
king,
let
the
king
and
Haman
come
today
to
a
feast
that
I
have
prepared
for
the
king."
5:5 Then
the
king
said,
"Bring
Haman
quickly,
so
that
we
may
do
as
Esther
has
asked."
So
the
king
and
Haman
came
to
the
feast
that
Esther
had
prepared.
5:6 And
as
they
were
drinking
wine
after
the
feast,
the
king
said
to
Esther,
"What
is
your
wish
It
shall
be
granted
you.
And
what
is
your
request
Even
to
the
half
of
my
kingdom,
it
shall
be
fulfilled."
5:7 Then
Esther
answered,
"My
wish
and
my
request
is:
5:8 If
I
have
found
favor
in
the
sight
of
the
king,
and
if
it
please
the
king
to
grant
my
wish
and
fulfill
my
request,
let
the
king
and
Haman
come
to
the
feast
that
I
will
prepare
for
them,
and
tomorrow
I
will
do
as
the
king
has
said."
5:9 And
Haman
went
out
that
day
joyful
and
glad
of
heart.
But
when
Haman
saw
Mordecai
in
the
king's
gate,
that
he
neither
rose
nor
trembled
before
him,
he
was
filled
with
wrath
against
Mordecai.
5:10 Nevertheless,
Haman
restrained
himself
and
went
home,
and
he
sent
and
brought
his
friends
and
his
wife
Zeresh.
5:11 And
Haman
recounted
to
them
the
splendor
of
his
riches,
the
number
of
his
sons,
all
the
promotions
with
which
the
king
had
honored
him,
and
how
he
had
advanced
him
above
the
officials
and
the
servants
of
the
king.
5:12 Then
Haman
said,
"Even
Queen
Esther
let
no
one
but
me
come
with
the
king
to
the
feast
she
prepared.
And
tomorrow
also
I
am
invited
by
her
together
with
the
king.
5:13 Yet
all
this
is
worth
nothing
to
me,
so
long
as
I
see
Mordecai
the
Jew
sitting
at
the
king's
gate."
5:14 Then
his
wife
Zeresh
and
all
his
friends
said
to
him,
"Let
a
gallows
fifty
cubits
high
be
made,
and
in
the
morning
tell
the
king
to
have
Mordecai
hanged
upon
it.
Then
go
joyfully
with
the
king
to
the
feast."
This
idea
pleased
Haman,
and
he
had
the
gallows
made.